HARARE – Death comes like a thief in the night and when it strikes, particularly at those who are closest to our hearts, we usually fail to recover. Such is the force of death it is irrepressible and does not allow our loved ones to live to see another day. Instead, we are left to…
HARARE – Passing through the National Sports Stadium in Harare, one easily notices the towering new hotel building emboldened by Chinese architectural designs. Commonly referred to as the Chinese Oriental style buildings, their architectural designs are dominated by dragon images, a true reflection of the famous imperial palace in China, known as the Forbidden City….
HARARE – As Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world to commemorate the global campaign; 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence slated from November 24 to December 8, women lobby groups have been castigated for doing little for the poor woman who continues to wallow in poverty. The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender…
HARARE – Back in the days when Chitungwiza was still Chi-Town, residents would regularly complain how cows from nearby Seke village were fouling their neighbourhood. Today, they barely take notice when their own waste flows freely along streets and at times into homes. The tar is all worn out, giving way to dusty patches and…
HARARE – Among its major claims to fame are the famous balancing rocks that have since been barricaded from residents. Maybe one can now add drama- sensation-turned-singer Freddy Manjalima of Mai Nga hit to Epworth’s fame. Epworth, a largely informal settlement 12 kilometres east of Harare, is arguably Zimbabwe’s biggest slum settlement and a conduit…
HARARE – Unemployment and poverty have eroded family stability and morals in the informal settlement of Epworth, where sex and boozing are the major activities. The results are unreported rape cases, early marriages and teen pregnancies which have become so commonplace that they have become accepted as a norm. Short term marriages are also the…
BUHERA – Temparatures are high and villagers are sitting under a tree at Mutiusinazita Business Centre in Buhera waiting to get their monthly allocation of food relief, which comes in the form of a bucket of maize from the district administrator. Mutiusinazita falls under Ward 24 of Buhera South Constituency. Apparently the name Mutiusinazita in…
HARARE – The story of Zimbabwe’s land resettlement began in 2000 when President Robert Mugabe released his dogs of war to evict white commercial farmers from their land. That year the country’s farmlands yielded some 4,2m tonnes of agricultural produce, according to the Commercial Farmers Union. But by the end of this country’s “lost decade”,…
KADOMA – A blocked sewer system producing a foul-smell in Old Ingezi’s high density suburb tells the story of imprisoned residents. It is in this suburb where World War Two prisoners of the war from Italy and Poland were jailed. After the war years, this suburb sprung from the ashes of the prison complex…
HARARE – World thinkers, researchers, practitioners, policy makers and leaders in urban planning and management converged in Barcelona with an objective to rethink cities. The World Bank in association with the City of Barcelona hosted the conference from October 08-10, under the theme “Rethinking cities: Framing the future”. The conference took place against a myriad…
